The opening ceremonies were ok, I enjoyed them for the most part but did think they lacked joining flow and did leave me wondering what was the thing that tied it all together.
In pieces thought I think things were rather good. I know that the opening ceremonies have been getting a lot of bad press and the games have started out on a somber note with the death of the Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili.
I think with live performances we gotten to accustomed to the MEGA BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE stuff and are overly critical of live performances because they don’t measure up to the cinema. I enjoyed the solitary person emerging from the light into the supposed tundra. And the creation of the northern lights. Then the floor of the arena turning into an ocean and then the orca swimming across the floor. I was truly impressed. Now I wonder what this effect was like in the real stadium. The transition to the fiddler in the moon was nice then it sort of got long in this area and I wasn’t sure how the rest of the performance tied together.
Over all I will give it a B minus, which is probably a lot higher than other people. Why so high. I was entertained. I liked most of the images and ideas expressed when they were clear. Now I have seen much better opening ceremonies for the winter games and I remember rather lack luster ones from when I was a kid.
The malfunction at the end with the indoor torch was not noticeable as a malfunction until it was announced by the broadcasters and simple fix with the people to adjust and move but regardless it worked and the torch was lit and then the other one outside was lit.
The death of the Nodar Kumaritashvili Georgian luger was indeed tragic and I think it was very respectful to have the moment to honor him in the ceremony. It would have been nice to have had his nations flag brought to the center stage for that recognition with an Olympic flag. Just a hindsight comment.
The bigger thing I have to ask is why are we even showing this young mans death over and over on video? If he were a loved one, a friend, someone you knew, would you want to see this again and again. I think there is informing the public and then there is just taking advantage of a situation for ratings. Celebrate his life but respect his passing.
We are too morbidly curious and our news doesn’t need to be a faces of death film.
In other news…
I love the Olympics and I hope these games are as great as the others have been. I love these games because these are sport performed mainly by people who love their sport and most participate in their sport because they love it, they find peace in the training, in the competition to do your best with others who are at their best. I say most because there is always an exception.
That’s all for now other stuff tomorrow, have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.
Ciao,
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